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Anthropology

Paperback. Reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish model should be viewed as a success story or a cautionary tale. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Afterword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161921
ISBN
9780691161921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Offers insightful discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place. This book treats the reader to an analysis of the American intellectual climate by someone who did much to shape it. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089560
ISBN
9780691089560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Argues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts. Num Pages: 584 pages, 53 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143224
ISBN
9780691143224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474284660
ISBN
9781474284660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. The Paradox of Keeping-while-giving. 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520076044
ISBN
9780520076044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. A dialogue between theory and ethnography, the book shows how Durkheimian sociology has become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to multiple ways in which Durkheim's great work on religion remains relevant to thinking about culture. Editor(s): Hausner, Sondra L. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 figs & tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: HRA; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380214
ISBN
9781782380214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.91

Hardback. In these series of letters-which David Scott wrote to Stuart Hall following his death-Scott characterizes Hall's voice and his practice of speaking, listening, and generosity as the foundational elements of Hall's intellectual work. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363637
ISBN
9780822363637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. This work looks at the key issue of sovereignty, and asks how we should think about the identity of a "postnationalist" Ireland. It questions whether the sacrosanct concept of absolute national sovereignty is becoming a luxury ill afforded in the emerging new Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385 260pp. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS1017836
ISBN
9780415115032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 26.00

Paperback. An in-depth and revealing account of the violence that has swept the Central African Republic. Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJR; JHM; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783608843
ISBN
9781783608843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611329506
ISBN
9781611329506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Hardcover. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403960207
ISBN
9781403960207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.17
€ 33.02

Paperback. Raises questions central to the field of anthropology - questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's intellectual and ethical vision of itself. This book discusses the Yanomami controversy, identifies the ethical dilemmas of the controversy and assesses the state of anthropology. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 391 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JHBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
391
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244047
ISBN
9780520244047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362739
ISBN
9780822362739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JHM; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360447
ISBN
9780226360447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627257
ISBN
9780816627257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. Editor(s): Yamashita, Shinji; Eades, J. S. Num Pages: bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812551
ISBN
9781571812551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.67

Paperback. This book is an excellent, comprehensive account of the ways in which nations and nationhood have evolved over time. Successful in hardback, it is now available in paperback for a student audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631161691
ISBN
9780631161691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardcover. Looks at the negative results of migration. Based on an ethnographic study focusing on Albanian migrants in Greece and Italy, this book discusses the reasons people leave their homeland for a "better life" - especially if that does not happen. Num Pages: 214 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387719528
ISBN
9780387719528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.29

Hardback. This title brings together authors writing on diverse themes of Eastern European exile. It defines the experiential and linguistic peculiarities of exiled people who share similar cultural, geographical and mythological backgrounds and who have suffered under totalitarian rule. Editor(s): Radulescu, Domnica. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; JHBD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103333
ISBN
9780739103333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.99

Paperback. Less than a half century ago, China experienced a cataclysmic famine, which was particularly devastating in the countryside. This book examines the role of food in one rural Chinese community, as it has shaped everyday lives over the course of several tumultuous decades. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b/w photos, 1 map, 10 charts, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293526
ISBN
9780520293526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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